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Senate Bill S10275

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to pilotage fees on vessels transiting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound or Block Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point

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2025-S10275 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11188
Current Committee:
Senate Cultural Affairs, Tourism, Parks And Recreation
Law Section:
Navigation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-b, Nav L

2025-S10275 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a new system of pilotage fees for the Long Island Sound and Block Island Sound east of Execution Rocks or Sands Point.

2025-S10275 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10275
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cultural Affairs, Tourism,
   Parks and Recreation
 
 AN ACT An act to amend the navigation law, in relation to pilotage  fees
   on  vessels  transiting the New York state waters of Long Island Sound
   or Block Island Sound east of Execution Rocks of Sand Point

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section
 89-b  of  the  navigation  law, as amended by chapter 427 of the laws of
 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) Upon the effective date of this paragraph and thereafter:
   All vessels shall pay [eight dollars and eighty-six cents per pilotage
 unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-three until January first,
 two thousand twenty-four all vessels shall pay nine dollars and  ninety-
 seven  cents per pilotage unit; from January first, two thousand twenty-
 four until January first, two thousand twenty-five,  all  vessels  shall
 pay  ten  dollars and twenty-seven cents per pilotage unit; from January
 first, two thousand twenty-five until January first, two thousand  twen-
 ty-six all vessels shall pay ten dollars and fifty-eight cents per pilo-
 tage  unit;  from  January  first, two thousand twenty-six until January
 first, two thousand twenty-seven all vessels shall pay] ten dollars  and
 eighty-nine  cents per pilotage unit; [on and after] FROM January first,
 two thousand twenty-seven UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT
 ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY ELEVEN DOLLARS AND TWENTY-TWO CENTS  PER  PILOTAGE
 UNIT; FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-EIGHT UNTIL JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-NINE,  ALL  VESSELS  SHALL  PAY ELEVEN DOLLARS AND
 EIGHTY-NINE CENTS PER PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-NINE  UNTIL  JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY ALL VESSELS SHALL
 PAY TWELVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY-SEVEN CENTS PER PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM  JANU-
 ARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND THIRTY UNTIL JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIR-
 TY-ONE ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY TWELVE DOLLARS  AND  EIGHTY-SIX  CENTS  PER
 PILOTAGE UNIT; FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-ONE UNTIL JANUARY
 FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  THIRTY-TWO ALL VESSELS SHALL PAY THIRTEEN DOLLARS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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